● Ranked from real Wisconsin data · 2024-25 season
Most huntable public land: counties in Wisconsin
Wisconsin counties with the largest share of HUNTABLE public land — state game lands/WMAs, national forest and state/county forest you can hunt without knocking on doors. Parks and permit-only refuges are excluded.
#1Forest Countypublic land you can walk on53.9% public→#2Iron Countypublic land you can walk on50.3% public→#3Bayfield Countypublic land you can walk on48.2% public→#4Florence Countypublic land you can walk on44.1% public→#5Douglas Countypublic land you can walk on39.1% public→#6Vilas Countypublic land you can walk on38.2% public→#7Sawyer Countypublic land you can walk on37.7% public→#8Ashland Countypublic land you can walk on35.1% public→#9Price Countypublic land you can walk on32.2% public→#10Langlade Countypublic land you can walk on31.7% public→#11Jackson Countypublic land you can walk on31% public→#12Oconto Countypublic land you can walk on29.4% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by huntable public land as a share of the county: state wildlife-agency game lands/WMAs + USGS PAD-US national/state/county forest, unioned and intersected with the Census county boundary in an equal-area projection. National & state parks, military and permit-only refuges are excluded.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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